Andrew Todd (rugby union)
| Full name | Andrew William Palethorpe Todd | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 July 1892 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 March 1942 (aged 49) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Epsom, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Richard Todd (son) | ||||||||||||||||
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Andrew William Palethorpe Todd (6 July 1892 — 15 March 1942) was a British Army officer, physician and Ireland international rugby union player. He was the father of actor Richard Todd.[1]
Biography
[edit]The son of a county court judge, Todd grew up in Dublin and studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin, during which time he played rugby for Dublin University. He was one of three fullbacks tried by Ireland in the 1913 Five Nations and the only one to return the following year, to gain his third and final cap in a win over France in Paris.[1][2]
Todd served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during World War I. He spent some time in India after the war as an Army physician and returned to Britain during the 1920s to practice medicine. In World War I, Todd was a ship surgeon and later served at a military hospital in England. He died of pneumonia in 1942.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Richard Todd". The Independent. 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Varsity match venues, uncapped Barbarians and Rugby World Cup referees". ESPN.com. 7 December 2009.
- ^ "Obituary". Mid Ulster Mail. 28 March 1942.
- ^ "Major Andrew William P Todd M.C." Cookstown War Dead.
External links
[edit]- Andrew Todd at ESPNscrum
- 1892 births
- 1942 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union players from Dublin (city)
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Dublin University Football Club players
- Deaths from pneumonia in England
- Irish expatriates in British India
- Recipients of the Military Cross